Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped. - Job 1:20 KJV
Throughout our life, there will be good times, bad times and sad times. We cannot avoid these times because they are a part of life. The book of Ecclesiastes tells us there is a time for everything under the sun. To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: Ecclesiastes 3:1
As children of God, we are not exempt from hardships, sufferings and Satan attacks. When you look at the life of Job, we see that Job experienced all of that. Scripture tells us that Job was a righteous man, blameless – a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil. Job had everything anyone could ever want. Then one day, his whole world changed. He lost all that he had except his wife.
When Job received the news of his loss, scripture tells us, Job did not question God, Job did not curse God, but instead worshipped God. What?! Who does that? Those who know their God; those who have put their trust in God. Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped. Job said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord – Job 1:21.
In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly, Job 1:22. There is an old saying, when it rains it pours. There were even more tests that Job would face. His body was inflicted with sickness and not only that, the one whom he expected to be a support to him, gave him some really bad advice. His wife said to him, Are you still trying to be godly when God has done all this to you? Curse him and die - Job 2:9 TLB. We should not be quick to judge Job’s wife. While we may not say, curse God and die, there are those of us when we faced hardship, we questioned God and some even turn away from God.
Here, yet again, Job maintained his integrity. You are speaking nonsense like some depraved (foolish) woman. Are we to accept the good that comes from God, but not accept the bad? Throughout all of this, Job did not sin with his mouth; he would not curse God as the Accuser predicted – Job 2:10 VOICE. I do not know for you, but when I meditate on what Job went through and his response, it causes me to examine myself. When things are not going my way or there are losses of things or people in my life, what would my response be. Would I like Job worship God, or would I curse with my mouth and sin against God?
My question to us, are we committed to God because of who He is or because of what we can receive from Him? Loss is never easy, but one thing we need to make sure of, is that our heart is in the right place and that God is number one in our lives. We need to ensure that we are committed to God, no matter what. In the good times, worship Him and even more so, when we face hard times, let’s get on our face and worship God.
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